Water-distributing means for cooling towers and the like



Oct. 30, 1928.

G. J. STOCKER WATER DISTRIBUTING MEANS FOR COOL ING TOWERS AND THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 14. 1924 F1 l lll l' ear ed fad/fee 2 5v;

Oct. 30, 1928. 1,690,092

G. J. STOCKER WATER DISTRIBUTING MEANS FOR COOLING TOWERS AND THE LIKE Filed May 14, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig .5.

r Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

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-This invention relates; to an improvement in cooling. towerseandi mor ap ie la y a the interior construction thereo and hea er its primary object the purpose of providing improved means for distributing the water after a l its discharge from the main trough which isilocatedion the top of thetower.

Other and P iurther: objects will, appear in out e in the appended claims, reference, being bad :in the accompanying drawings, wexelnplifyingxfllefjinventiob, and in which 1*.- nEigui-e 1 a fragmentary plan view of a coolingitower showingthe ,improvenient'in water idistributingameans used in connection therewith. p a f a Figure 211s in transverse vertical section taken throughztheupperportionnt the tower on the line II- II ofFig. 1. 4 ,s

Figureti isga lbngitiidinal vertical section taken through the upper portion of the tower on the line III- III of Fig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, ldesignates the vertically arrangedcorner-posts of a cooling tower being i tied to one another by cross-sills such as 2 and horizontally disposed between an opposing pair of cross-sills 2 are a series of a transversely extending members 3 and secured to said members 3 at their upper ends are a series of vertically disposed members 4. Disposed at rightangles to the members 3 and arranged horizontally therebeneath is a main distributing trough 5 and located beneath said main trough 5 and at right angles thereto are auxiliary troughs 6. Located beneath the series of troughs 6 and at right angles thereto are aseries of horizontally disposed up edged members or boards 7, each of said members 7 bein provided with a series of recesses 8 on the r upper edges, the recesses of each member 7 being in alinement with respective recesses of the other members 7, said recesses being for the reception of the auxiliary troughs 6 as shown in Figs. 2and 3. i I v Each of the troughs 6is provided with oposing pairs of apertures 9, said apertures eing disposed on a plane above the upper edges of the members 7, each opposing pairs of apertures being in vertical alinement with res ective members 7.

f upporting members 10 which are secured in horizontal positions to the vertically dis- 1924 use-rial Monti-3,374.

posed members dare-adapted to support-the ineiul iers 7 in their up edgedpositions', and inasmuch as the auxiliary troughs 6 arezsnpportedby the membersfi the longitudinally ext-ending sills 11 ofthe-main trough dean,

inyturn be supported shown n 'Figs. 2 and 3.

.by the troughs -85 Horizontally secured to the vertically ex tending members 4 are a series of vertically spaced apart supporting sills 12, each series,

ofsil-ls being disposed on the: same horizontal plane, the series of sills :next' adjacentwthe Memb r b ng, or the support r (if: a. series 1 i of spaced apart horizontallydisposed,flatly 2* arranged boards =13, said boards being dis-- posedparallel with thelmembers land in, vertical alinementthflrebeneath. 2. .s

"iliie remaining series of Sl1ppQ1TEi g l S= are each adaptedtolsuppontia seriesi oifflatly 7 arranged; spaced apart boards which! are, iurl ther designated in their descending order as 7 13 13, 13, etc. to the bottom of the tower, u i 1' each series of flatly arranged boards, however, being in staggered relation to those of the adjacent series so that the s acing provided between adjacent boards 0 each series will be in vertical alinement with the ap proximate center of respective flatly arranged boards of a lower series.

In the operation of this improved water distributingmeans for cooling towers,the water to be cooled is entrained to the main trough 5 by piping not shown, said trough being kept entirely filled and the over flow therefrom will be over the upper edge 14 of each of the inclined side walls 15 0f the trough 5, the water overflow being directed into the pathways 16 provided by the pairs of converging guiding vanes 17 which are secured to each of the side walls 15.

Each opposing pair of pathways 16 are directed to a respective auxiliary trough 6, said troughs 6 being closed at their ends and the water after being pathways 16 will discharge from'said troughs received into said troughs 6 from respective pairs of opposmg' v through the apertures9 provided in the side walls of each trough 6. Owing to the a ertures 9 of each trough being arrange in opposing pairs and the up edged members,

7 each being arranged in vertical alinement beneath respective opposing pairs of apertures, water discharge from the opposing pairs of apertures will first engage respective upper edges of the members 7 and divide and flow down the vertical sides of each of the members 7.

The water after falling from each of the up edged members 7 will engage the approximate centers of the first series of flatly arranged boards 13 which are arranged therebeneath, the Water after engaging respective boards 13 being forced to travel horizontally to respective spacings 18 provided between each adjacent pair of boards 1 and after the water has fallen through the respective spac' ings it will be received by the next in order series oi" flatly arranged boards 13 and through the spacings 19 provided between adjacent pairs of boards 13 to the next lower series of flatly arranged boards 13", etc. until the falling water has reached the approximate lower end of the cooling tower where it is collected and reserved in a cold condition.

\Vith this improved form of construction of water distributing means for cooling towers, the water after engaging the up edged members 7 is distributed in a thin film during its travel down said members 7 and in its travel over the flatly arranged boards 13. 13, etc. and by this process the flow of water is at each stage thoroughly broken up as it falls from one series of boards or members to another series thereby ofi'ering continually new surfaces to the air passing over the boards or members and thus accelerating the process of cooling by evaporation which is brought on by the contact of the cool air with the hot water, the air being induced into the tower through the ventilated siding 520 forming closure walls to the cooling tower.

'What I claim is 1. In a cooling apparatus, the combination of a series of up edged spaced apart horizontally extending members, a series of troughs disposed transversely above said up edged members having openings on each side thereof for entraining liquid from said troughs to the upper edge of said members, and a series of spaced apart flatly arranged members located beneath said up edged members each being disposed in vertical aline' ment with a respective up edged member.

2. In a cooling apparatus, the coi'i'ibination of a series of relatively thin tip-edged spaced horizontal members, a plurality of troughs disposed transversely above said horizontal members, means for supplying liquid to said troughs, said troughs having outlets vertically above said horizontal members for delivering the liquid to the latter, and flat baflle members below said horizontal members and parallel thereto for receiving the liquid from the latter.

GEO. J. STOCKER. 

